Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-03-22, 15:49

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sometimes I wonder how Intel survived around the Millennium. Hyping on RAMBUS was a disaster, 820 chipset with RDRAM->SDRAM converter was a disaster, 845 chipset with single channel SDRAM was a disaster, and the biggest among all, the early Pentium 4. Don't forget the Itanic :D Intel has more legs …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-03-07, 10:30

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ System Specs

The PCI MX Cards are often crippled by very slow memory bus.. GeForce 2MX PCI with 32bit RAM and such Things. Be aware what you buy 😀

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Re: Ensoniq / Creative AudioPCI

Posted on 2017-03-04, 13:54

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by matze79

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The AudioPCI works in Windows 3.x, just use the Windows 3.x Soundblaster Driver and Adlib Driver. You have to load DOS Driver ^^

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Re: CVX-2 : covox adapter

Posted on 2017-03-03, 13:04

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by matze79

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Ah i didnt notice you didnt have this problems with glx maybe pinball dreams using a different access method, did you try it with a LPT ISA Card ? is there also cracking noise ? i already have experimented with DAC0808 and others, maybe we can roll a kit.. but currently i'm limited in time and also …

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Re: CVX-2 : covox adapter

Posted on 2017-02-28, 18:32

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by matze79

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i would entirly stay away from the r2r ladder and instead use a cheap chip dac.. there are very good ones with single supply for just 1$.. and integrated op-amp I clearly hear lots of scratches/cracking-noise while playing PinballDreams2 or PinballFantasies. Why is that? What causes this. I changed …

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Re: Dual Athlon MP build. BSOD during XP install.

Posted on 2017-02-26, 07:25

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Had same Problem with Dual Xeon's. Needed to set Machine Type 😳 i installed Windows 2003 Server instead, which worked well. i got XP working trough Update route.. Install Windows 2000 -> Upgrade to XP.

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Handwiring Multipler ? Pentium CPU

Posted on 2017-02-23, 15:41

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Hi, i want to run a Pentium 200Mhz Inside my PCD-5H, Maximum CPU supported seems to be a Pentium 133. Is it possible to handwire the Multipler on the CPU ? Using a fine pitch wire ? Has anyone Experience doing this ? Thanks Matthias

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-02-22, 07:12

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Still possible, but you have to wait some time 😀 Filename RS232 rev4.png File size 183.03 KiB Views 1793 views squeezed into 5x5cm

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-02-13, 14:59

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

EDIT: List removed, outdated.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-02-08, 07:27

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yes, don't expect it too fast. 😀 i have limited time and need to sort all parts too and order them. edit: list moved: http://retroianer.de/ps2.xhtml

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-02-02, 17:21

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ Sound

Just look for the SSI-2001 replica wo was found on Ebay for very high price tag... I also do some projects from which i have no benefit except for supporting the community. And all files are freely avaible so everyone can build them. But i don't want to see them selled at all and some shopkeeper …

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Re: VIA C3 Nehemiah vs. Coppermine(-128) and Tualatin

Posted on 2017-01-28, 20:31

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by matze79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

C3's FPU works only with half CPU Clock.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-01-26, 22:44

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by matze79

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If anyone wants a Adapter Kit, please tell me until the End of January. I will order then another Patch of Parts.. There is a delay of up to 8 weeks until delivery, cheapo shipping from China takes much time.

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Re: Pentium 1 project finished!

Posted on 2017-01-26, 16:54

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by matze79

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You can also install your bootloader on DOS. Grub4Dos for Example 😀 So you can launch your other system from msdos.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-01-22, 06:31

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by matze79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have two different versions of the Vetra. There is significant lag with the mouse tracking. yes, translation takes time 😒 You have to wait for incoming data, translate and send.

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Re: Is this GPU Worth Keeping?

Posted on 2017-01-20, 12:58

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by matze79

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Thanks. It is now on it's way to silicon heaven. 🙁 don't trash it, send it to me. The i810 is the Same Core and on many P3 Mainboards. I have this Chip on my IPAQ Desktop PC with 4Mb Cache. Even Quake 3 works with it.

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Re: 1999 K6-2 Blade3D Budget Machine

Posted on 2017-01-19, 05:18

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by matze79

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I run the Compaq IPAQ Desktop PC - Legacy Free with Legacy Adapter. It also has a i810 but with integrated 4Mb Videocache RAM. It runs Quake 3 😉 Featuring Coppermine 1Ghz P3, and 512Mb RAM (Chipset limit 🙁, i really would like 1Gb) Its my Programming Station for EROM/EEPROM/Flash and MCU's.

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Re: 775/771 systems old school or not?

Posted on 2017-01-18, 08:10

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A Core 2 Quad can handle Fallout 4 fine with decent video card 😳 Also a huge Number of modern Games. I don't know a single title who will not run. maybe not at ultra high but playable.

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Re: 1999 K6-2 Blade3D Budget Machine

Posted on 2017-01-18, 04:33

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by matze79

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The Blade 3D does Lithtech Engine well. I also had this PLE IGP. But with a VIA 800Mhz CPU with the only 1/2 Mhz C3 FPU that equals almost a 400Mhz FPU from a K6-2. It is not so bad at all. And very combatible.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-01-17, 16:46

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by matze79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

try the old firmware, and tell if it works. (Old firmware does not work with all types of mouse, and does not support kvm Switch) Maybe its a combatible issue. Did you try to reset the contoller and reload driver after boot ? Did you try a different MAX232 Chip ? Did you check Voltages of the Charge …

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